Average power rating of opponents played: LA LAKERS 96, OKLAHOMA CITY 95.6

SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

LA LAKERS - Season Results

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Team Stats

Opp Stats

Date

Opponent

Score

SU

Line

ATS

Tot.

O/U

Shots

Pct

REB

TO

Shots

Pct

REB

TO

1/25/2013

UTAH

102-84

W

-5

W

205

U

43-80

53.7%

56

18

34-81

42.0%

37

10

1/27/2013

OKLAHOMA CITY

105-96

W

3.5

W

208

U

41-74

55.4%

54

13

36-81

44.4%

43

9

1/29/2013

NEW ORLEANS

111-106

W

-8

L

196

O

39-79

49.4%

63

14

39-92

42.4%

44

9

1/30/2013

@ PHOENIX

86-92

L

-3

L

204

U

33-78

42.3%

56

19

38-83

45.8%

43

11

2/1/2013

@ MINNESOTA

111-100

W

-2.5

W

200.5

O

39-92

42.4%

66

12

41-89

46.1%

49

13

2/3/2013

@ DETROIT

98-97

W

-1.5

L

202

U

39-83

47.0%

50

14

41-92

44.6%

58

14

2/5/2013

@ BROOKLYN

92-83

W

3.5

W

198.5

U

37-82

45.1%

52

13

31-89

34.8%

58

16

2/7/2013

@ BOSTON

95-116

L

1.5

L

194

O

36-87

41.4%

56

12

46-87

52.9%

54

9

2/8/2013

@ CHARLOTTE

100-93

W

-6.5

W

206

U

36-80

45.0%

51

13

38-89

42.7%

55

10

2/10/2013

@ MIAMI

97-107

L

9

L

203.5

O

35-70

50.0%

37

14

44-80

55.0%

41

11

2/12/2013

PHOENIX

91-85

W

-9.5

L

202

U

36-83

43.4%

53

19

35-85

41.2%

55

19

2/14/2013

LA CLIPPERS

101-125

L

4

L

201

O

38-75

50.7%

43

16

46-89

51.7%

50

14

2/20/2013

BOSTON

113-99

W

-7

W

193.5

O

42-83

50.6%

57

12

39-82

47.6%

44

12

2/22/2013

PORTLAND

111-107

W

-9

L

203.5

O

40-85

47.1%

54

16

46-94

48.9%

53

14

2/24/2013

@ DALLAS

103-99

W

3

W

212

U

34-72

47.2%

53

16

39-87

44.8%

48

12

2/25/2013

@ DENVER

108-119

L

6.5

L

216

O

43-78

55.1%

49

15

49-88

55.7%

53

9

2/28/2013

MINNESOTA

116-94

W

-10

W

206

O

44-83

53.0%

55

14

37-81

45.7%

39

12

3/3/2013

ATLANTA

99-98

W

-5.5

L

205.5

U

38-78

48.7%

48

21

41-82

50.0%

45

14

3/5/2013

@ OKLAHOMA CITY

3/6/2013

@ NEW ORLEANS

3/8/2013

TORONTO

3/10/2013

CHICAGO

3/12/2013

@ ORLANDO

3/13/2013

@ ATLANTA

3/15/2013

@ INDIANA

3/17/2013

SACRAMENTO

3/18/2013

@ PHOENIX

OKLAHOMA CITY - Season Results

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Team Stats

Opp Stats

Date

Opponent

Score

SU

Line

ATS

Tot.

O/U

Shots

Pct

REB

TO

Shots

Pct

REB

TO

1/25/2013

@ SACRAMENTO

105-95

W

-9.5

W

210

U

37-76

48.7%

55

20

36-86

41.9%

45

18

1/27/2013

@ LA LAKERS

96-105

L

-3.5

L

208

U

36-81

44.4%

43

9

41-74

55.4%

54

13

1/31/2013

MEMPHIS

106-89

W

-9.5

W

190

O

40-72

55.6%

52

16

34-98

34.7%

52

13

2/2/2013

@ CLEVELAND

110-115

L

-11

L

206

O

41-83

49.4%

51

16

43-90

47.8%

46

13

2/4/2013

DALLAS

112-91

W

-8.5

W

209

U

41-87

47.1%

58

11

36-87

41.4%

50

14

2/6/2013

GOLDEN STATE

119-98

W

-11

W

214

O

48-95

50.5%

57

12

38-93

40.9%

54

19

2/8/2013

PHOENIX

127-96

W

-14

W

205.5

O

50-87

57.5%

47

8

39-83

47.0%

43

16

2/10/2013

@ PHOENIX

97-69

W

-8

W

204

U

34-76

44.7%

50

13

30-91

33.0%

60

22

2/12/2013

@ UTAH

94-109

L

-6

L

200.5

O

38-68

55.9%

39

20

42-87

48.3%

50

17

2/14/2013

MIAMI

100-110

L

-5.5

L

204.5

O

32-73

43.8%

43

16

41-88

46.6%

51

14

2/20/2013

@ HOUSTON

119-122

L

-3

L

220.5

O

42-87

48.3%

55

22

44-92

47.8%

45

18

2/22/2013

MINNESOTA

127-111

W

-14

W

205

O

48-83

57.8%

49

17

41-85

48.2%

36

10

2/24/2013

CHICAGO

102-72

W

-9

W

194.5

U

36-79

45.6%

60

17

25-86

29.1%

53

17

2/27/2013

NEW ORLEANS

119-74

W

-15

W

204.5

U

42-76

55.3%

53

10

27-77

35.1%

36

12

3/1/2013

@ DENVER

103-105

L

-2

L

219

U

36-83

43.4%

60

19

43-95

45.3%

54

14

3/3/2013

@ LA CLIPPERS

108-104

W

2.5

W

206

O

38-80

47.5%

49

13

38-82

46.3%

49

20

3/5/2013

LA LAKERS

3/7/2013

@ NEW YORK

3/8/2013

@ CHARLOTTE

3/10/2013

BOSTON

3/11/2013

@ SAN ANTONIO

3/13/2013

UTAH

3/15/2013

ORLANDO

3/17/2013

@ DALLAS

3/19/2013

DENVER

3/20/2013

@ MEMPHIS

KEY GAME INFORMATION

LA LAKERS: GUARDS: Coach Mike Brown will reportedly turn the offensive gameplan over to STEVE NASH, but it's tough to picture a smooth transition after so many years of iso-heavy play in L.A. Don't be surprised if Nash has a tough adjustment . . . KOBE BRYANT will also have to learn to play with the ball out of his hands more often. He still figures to force some hold-and-wait basketball when he can . . . STEVE BLAKE will be in the old Derek Fisher role, coming off the bench to shoot corner threes . . . CHRIS DUHON and DARIUS MORRIS will battle for that No. 3 point guard spot . . . JODIE MEEKS will back up Bryant and provide some long-range shooting off the bench . . . The young guys, ANDREW GOUDELOCK and second-rounder DARIUS JOHNSON-ODOM, will bounce between the bench and the D-League. FORWARDS: If L.A. redesigns their offense to fit Nash, PAU GASOL should thrive. He's adjusted his game to fit with Kobe's iso play, but Gasol can make the passes and cuts to create quick buckets in a Euro-style offense . . . METTA WORLD PEACE looked done early last season but rebounded for a solid second half. He's a distant fifth option on offense, but can still defend . . . ANTAWN JAMISON will likely fill a sixth-man role. His skill set is too narrow to play a lot of minutes with the starters . . . JORDAN HILL is in the rotation. He did a nice job rebounding and clearing out space last year . . . DEVIN EBANKS figures to be bumped out of the rotation by Jamison. CENTERS: DWIGHT HOWARD's back remains a bit of a concern, and it wouldn't be a shock to see him sit out a handful of regular season games. But when he plays, he'll put up the same kind of monster production that he had in Orlando . . . ROBERT SACRE will be lucky to make the roster.

OKLAHOMA CITY: GUARDS: RUSSELL WESTBROOK can do whatever he wants inside the arc and will continue to be a shoot-first point guard . . . JAMES HARDEN will likely keep coming off the bench, but he'll also keep playing starter's minutes . . . THABO SEFOLOSHA is OKC's best perimeter defender. But his role won't become more prominent until the postseason . . . ERIC MAYNOR should be just about all the way back from his torn ACL. When healthy, he's one of the league's best backup point guards . . . DAEQUAN COOK will see limited minutes as a three-point specialist . . . REGGIE JACKSON's role will shrink to near nothing if Maynor is healthy. FORWARDS: KEVIN DURANT continues to do it all, and has done nothing but steadily improve each season . . . SERGE IBAKA is obviously an elite shot-blocker, but he continues to get lost in space. He's made some strides as a pick-and-roll defender, but that weakness is why he doesn't play 30 minutes per night . . . NICK COLLISON will continue to steal a lot of Ibaka's minutes because he defends the pick-and-roll better, and because he draws so many charges, he's almost as good in help situations . . . PERRY JONES III is an incredible athlete, but needs a year or two to learn the game . . . LAZAR HAYWARD is back as a 12th man. CENTERS: KENDRICK PERKINS will continue to start, but is a part-time player. The Thunder are often better with a small lineup. While Perkins is a bruiser he is too easy to exploit as a defender in space . . . COLE ALDRICH could be ready for a slightly bigger role off the bench . . . HASHEEM THABEET is a reclamation project. There's a sliver of long-term hope, but he won't help this year.

Kobe Bryant hasn't lost any of his competitive fire despite this being his 17th NBA season, which is a big reason the Los Angeles Lakers have been able to climb back to the .500 mark.

If he can will his team into the playoffs, there's a possibility Tuesday night's road matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder could be a first-round preview.

Bryant scored 34 points, including the go-ahead layup with nine seconds remaining, as the Lakers (30-30) defeated Atlanta 99-98 on Sunday to get back to the break-even mark for the first time since they were 15-15 on Dec. 28.

He scored 11 points in the fourth quarter, helping Los Angeles to its fifth victory in six tries.

"It was more of a message to my team here to kind of have that will, that hunger, to push through it by any means necessary," Bryant said. "It's just a challenge. The fun comes in the challenge, and we're up for it.

"I think we're starting to get a groove a little bit."

Bryant is averaging 34.8 points over his last five as the ninth-place Lakers try to get into the Western Conference playoff picture. They are within striking distance of Golden State, Utah and Houston for one of the last three spots.

Coach Mike D'Antoni knows Bryant will be the catalyst if Los Angeles is to avoid missing the postseason for the first time since 2004-05.

"I don't know where he's getting his young legs from," said D'Antoni, whose Lakers haven't been over .500 since winning his debut against Brooklyn on Nov. 20 to get to 6-5. "His belief in himself is huge. He's been doing it for years."

Bryant scored 21 points and had a season high-tying 14 assists in a 105-96 home win over the Thunder on Jan. 27. He's averaging 33.3 points over his last six versus Oklahoma City, including last season's five-game loss in the West semifinals.

Slowing Kevin Durant has been Los Angeles' biggest challenge, especially this season. He's averaging 37.7 points in the three meetings, including 36 in a 114-108 win Dec. 7 and 42 in a 116-101 victory Jan. 11.

Durant netted 35 points in Sunday's 108-104 win over the Los Angeles Clippers, helping the Thunder (43-16) hold on after leading by as many as 19 points.

That moved Oklahoma City 1 1/2 games ahead of the Clippers for second place in the West, though it remains three games back of San Antonio.

"We've grown up a lot as a team," Durant said. "We've been through situations like this. We just kept saying, 'Weather the storm, it'll get better.'"

Russell Westbrook, who had 17 points and 13 assists in the last meeting with the Lakers, finished with 29 points and 10 assists Sunday while also keeping his teammates calm during a rough stretch.

Coach Scott Brooks said that has become expected from his point guard.

"His leadership is getting better year by year and it should be," Brooks said. "It was a classic example of what he's done. He's an emotional guy, but he keeps everything together."

Oklahoma City is one of the NBA's best home teams at 26-4, and it has won 18 straight there versus West teams. The Lakers have lost five straight at Chesapeake Energy Arena, including last year's playoffs.

"They probably have the best crowd in the league," Bryant said. "It's incredible."